Officers were forced to fire their weapons when a man suddenly raised a large piece of metal toward the officers after he ran from them following a domestic violence/hostage call officers were investigating in Northwest Seattle tonight. At about 7:30 tonight, officers responded to a call of a domestic violence disturbance, possible hostage situation in […] Read more »

Police are searching Ballard for a man who robbed a bank at gunpoint Tuesday evening. Just before 6:30 pm, the man walked into the People’s Bank on NW 56th Street and 24th Ave NW, brandished a black handgun and demanded cash. The man was described as a white male, 5’5 with a small build, wearing […] Read more »

Officers arrested a shoe-less, mud-caked man on Beacon Hill Tuesday after he robbed a marijuana deliveryman, fled from police, and fell out of a tree. *Around 12:30 pm today, the victim—a medical marijuana cardholder—met up with two suspects in the parking lot of a Safeway on Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. and S. Othello, […] Read more »

Police arrested a man armed with a knife in Roosevelt Tuesday afternoon after he stole a woman’s purse. The arrest comes after a string of similar robberies in nearby North Seattle neighborhoods, and detectives are investigating whether the cases may be connected. At about 1:30 pm today, police received a report that a man in […] Read more »

A man wanted for impersonating a police officer while robbing unsuspecting Seattle park-goers is still on for the run. But that hasn’t stopped him from keeping his robbery streak alive, while armed with a box full of porn. Robbery detectives have been searching for 46-year-old Ryan James Purdy (aka Tracy Byers) since December, after Purdy approached […] Read more »

A 33-year-old man probably will not get his damage deposit back after he was arrested following an argument where he fired his gun into the ceiling of his apartment in the 1700 Block of Bellevue Avenue last night. Officers responded to a report of a man threatening his roommate with a gun last night at about 8:30 pm. Officers […] Read more »

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